Maxine Peake

Maxine Peake

Date of Birth:

Jul 14, 1974

Place of Birth:

Westhoughton, Lancashire, England, UK

Maxine Peake (born 14 July 1974) is an English stage, radio, film and television actress, playwright, producer, director and political activist, who made her name as Twinkle in Victoria Wood's sitcom Dinnerladies. She has since played Veronica in Channel 4's Manchester-based drama series Shameless, barrister Martha Costello in the BBC legal drama Silk and Grace Middleton in The Village. She is also an accomplished stage actress, having played the title role in Hamlet, and had a role in the 2014 film The Theory of Everything. In 2018 she played the lead in the film Funny Cow and had a starring role in Mike Leigh's epic Peterloo, a film very close to her heart.

filmography:

Be Still My Beating Heart Be Still My Beating Heart

2019

Twisting My Melon Twisting My Melon

1970

Bunch of Kunst - A Film About Sleaford Mods Bunch of Kunst - A Film About Sleaford Mods

2017

Unseen Unseen

2017

Ceremony: The Return of Friedrich Engels Ceremony: The Return of Friedrich Engels

2018

The Real Anne: Unfinished Business The Real Anne: Unfinished Business

2022

Where We Used to Meet Where We Used to Meet

2021

The Shuttleworths The Shuttleworths

2015

The Fear of Trilogy The Fear of Trilogy

2006

DeafBlind DeafBlind

2011

Cake Cake

2017

Gwen Gwen

2018

The Last Testament of Lillian Bilocca The Last Testament of Lillian Bilocca

2018

The Priest The Priest

2017

Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle

2017

Wendell & Wild Wendell & Wild

2022

Woken Woken

2024

Dance First Dance First

2023

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

2007

The Great Mountain Sheep Gather The Great Mountain Sheep Gather

2020

Anna Anna

1970

Tish Tish

2023

Choked Up Choked Up

2023

Generation '66 Generation '66

2016

Inner Polar Bear Inner Polar Bear

2022

It's Me It's Me

2020

Surfaces Surfaces

2020

Something Out of Nothing Something Out of Nothing

2022

Lapushka! Lapushka!

2022

Judy Judy

2019

I Wish For You I Wish For You

2016

Strange Weather Strange Weather

2015

Wonders of the Moon Wonders of the Moon

2018

Men Who Sleep in Cars Men Who Sleep in Cars

2017

Keeping Rosy Keeping Rosy

2014

Confessions of a Diary Secretary Confessions of a Diary Secretary

2007

Hancock & Joan Hancock & Joan

2008

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980

2009

The Falling The Falling

2015

Peterloo Peterloo

2018

The Theory of Everything The Theory of Everything

2014

Run & Jump Run & Jump

2014

Svengali Svengali

2013

The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister

2010

Clubbed Clubbed

2008

Imaginary Friend Imaginary Friend

2010

Christmas Lights Christmas Lights

2004

Best Laid Plans Best Laid Plans

2012

Edge Edge

2010

Hamlet Hamlet

2015

The Madness of the Dance The Madness of the Dance

2006

Keeping Up with the Joneses Keeping Up with the Joneses

2013

Funny Cow Funny Cow

2018

Frozen Frozen

2005

Fanny Lye Deliver'd Fanny Lye Deliver'd

2021

I Am Bob I Am Bob

2007

Would Like To Meet Would Like To Meet

2007

Hamilton Mattress Hamilton Mattress

2002

The Heart Fails Without Warning The Heart Fails Without Warning

2013

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

2000

Faith Faith

2005

Red Top Red Top

2016

Private Peaceful Private Peaceful

2012

A Midsummer Night's Dream A Midsummer Night's Dream

2016

All or Nothing All or Nothing

2002

Girls' Night Girls' Night

1998

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